{"id":986,"date":"2017-08-07T09:24:49","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T09:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ccom102\/?page_id=986"},"modified":"2017-08-07T09:24:49","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T09:24:49","slug":"session-0-announcement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ccom102\/interactions\/course-announcements\/session-0-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Session 0 Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<p>Dear CCOM 102 learners,\n<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the <b>Creating Effective Business Presentations course<\/b> (#ccom102), hosted at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/oeru.org\/\">OERu<\/a>. This course aims to help you prepare,organize, and create different types of presentations expected in business contexts. It will also help you to develop various strategies to overcome common communication barriers and use nonverbal techniques.\n<\/p>\n<p>During this introductory session you will familiarise yourself with the course site and meet the course facilitator(s). Make sure you bookmark the <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/CCOM102\/\">CCOM102 page<\/a>. You will also establish your personal learning environment and introduce yourself using the <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/forums.oeru.org\/t\/ccom-102-creating-effective-business-presentations\/204\">CCOM 102 general course discussion forum<\/a> or your personal blog. Refer to the <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ccom102\/startup\/start-here\/\">Start here<\/a>] page with orientation tasks that should be completed prior to the start of the course. Here are some important links you should review as soon as possible:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ccom102\/course-guide\/syllabus\/\">Course syllabus<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ccom102\/interactions\/course-feed\/\">Aggregated course feed<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nNote: The <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/oeru.org\/\">OERu<\/a> is a charitable collaboration of international institutions committed to widening access to more affordable education opportunities for all. 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Your participation in this course will help us refine our technologies to provide free learning opportunities based entirely on Open Educational Resources (OER) and open source software with pathways to achieving formal academic credit towards recognised credentials.\n<\/p>\n<p>This is a pilot offering of this micro-course and we hope that you find it useful and enjoyable. We are trialling a few new technologies and you may encounter a few teething problems. We thank you in advance for your understanding and feedback to help us improve our open technologies. 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